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Case Study

Blue Bike Lane Weaving Area on Galileo Way, Cambridge, MA

City: Cambridge
State: MA
Associated Publication: Urban Bikeway Design Guide

Galileo Way in Cambridge, MA is a multi-lane roadway with a center median and a curbside bike lane. The street serves as a connector for both motorists and cyclists to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campus (M.I.T) and the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge crossing the Charles River into Boston. A bike lane runs southbound along Galileo Way and then transitions into a “pocket” bike lane where a right-turn bay for cars begins. During the construction of a new building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the opportunity arose to reconfigure the intersection of Galileo Way and Main Street by improving crosswalks, signals, and better delineating the weaving area between the pocket bike lane and the right turn lane. Twenty feet from the stopline, dashed markings designate the weaving area, where an experimental blue color has been applied to reduce the risk of right-hook conflicts between cyclists and turning cars.